Abbas will dissolve Hamas-led government in 48 hours
By KHALED ABU TOAMEH
Sep. 10, 2006 23:04

The power struggle that has been raging in the Palestinian Authority for the past seven months appeared to be nearing its end on Monday with the announcement that PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas and Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh had reached an agreement to form a national unity government.

According to the agreement, the new government will be headed by Haniyeh, but will have less Hamas ministers, PA and Hamas officials told The Jerusalem Post. This would be the first government of its kind since the establishment of the PA more than a decade ago.

Representatives of Abbas's Fatah faction, as well as the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine and the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine are expected to hold a number of portfolios in the new government, they added. the rest